The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-21
but wishing to be remembered at the festive


board.
A DISTRICT convention of the lodges of
the sixth Masonic district Washington
county, is to be holden at Northfield Jan
uary I'd, at half-past one p. M, continuing
through the evening. A. A. Hall of st.
Albans, grand master and nj. w. johnson
of Burlington, grand lecturer, will be pres
ent. The meeting will be an interesting
one to all Master Masons who may avail
themselves of its privileges by attending.
1t is expected that the railroads will sell
tickets for fare one way, and special train
will be run to Montpelier and Waterbury,
and probably to Barre, after the evening
exercises.
" ONE of the best plays ever produced in
Chicago T" is the opinion of the Euening Jour
nal of that city concerning Beacon Lights"
which is to be given at the Opera-house this
week Saturday evening. A notice of the
company, which is highly spoken of by the
metropolitan press, appears elsewhere and
guarantees the superior quality of the enter
tainment. 1t will be one which people can
afford to place themselves at some incon-
venience for the sake of attending. Barre
people should note that a special train will
return to their place after the entertainment
seats for which are now on sale at the Phin-
ney bookstore and may be ordered by tele-
phone.
LAST Friday evening about seven o'clock
the clerk in the basement of l.. b. Hunting
tons restaurant mad occasion to leave his
post of duty for short time and, going out,
carefully locked the front door, supposing
that the rear door was already secure.
Upon his return he discovered his mistake
and that by means of this door some one
had entered and, with the aid of a hatchet
/ tn nru off plp haI oh
drawer, with all its contents. Subsequent
search resulted in the discovery of the
drawer empty, of course) in the rear of
Bailey q Co.'S store and near the bank of
the river. Mr.. Huntingtons loss by the
theft is some $50, and although there is rea-
son for confidence in naming the culprit,
sufficient clue is not furnished to warrant
an arrest
ANNOUNCEMENT is made that " from and
after January 1st, 1885," Joseph G. Brown
will be admitted to a partnership in the ex-
tensive insurance business hitherto con-
Quoted by his father A. G. Brown, and that
"a. c. Brown & Son " will be the firm
name. Both may very properly be con-
graduated upon the new arrangement and
| the people of Montpelier will take pleasure
| in the assurance thus afforded that one of
| the most promising of our young men is
content to settle in business in the home OF
| MS DOynOOu ana does not exhibit any IN
clination to take Horace Greeley's advice
His qualifications for the position in busi-
ness which he is about to assume are found
in his already large experience in matters
relating to insurance and in the fact that
in this line of business he is a veritable
/" chip of the old block"
On Wednesday of last week. at two O'Clock
in the afternoon, occurred the death, from
cancer of the liver, of Henry Horne, at the age
of fifty-five years Mr.. Horne was a native
of Vermont and had lived at st. Johnsbury
| Danville and Winooski, but Montpelier had
! been his place of residence for good many
years prior to his death AT Moira N. Y.
in 1859 he married Lura A. Mooney OF
South Hero, by whom he had two children
| son and daughter-both of whom, with
their mother, survive him. Deceased was
miller by trade and during his residence in
Montpelier had been in the employ of Hyde
& Bancroft, Burbank & Langdon, Denison
Taft, Bailey & Park and f. W. Bailey &
Co. He was good and faithful servant >
ana IN his circle OF acquaintance, of his owr
choice a limited one, he was heartily es
teemed. Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon, Rev Mr.. Hincks conducting
assisted by Rev. Mr.. Wright, and the re
mains were subsequently Inferred in the
family lot at Green Mount Cemetery beside
those of Mr.. Horne's parents.
The fair held last week by the ladies OF
the Church of the Messiah in the vestry o.
the church was most gratifying success il
every particular, particularly from a finan
cial point of view. A choice collection o.
fancy articles and equally choice entertain.
ments served to attract large numbers OF
the evenings of the fair, over four hundred
being in attendance Thursday evening, the
| occasion of the unveiing of the Rogers
statuary. Friday evening the attraction by
way of entertainment was the well-pre
sented farce, "a Change of Base the part.
in which We're taken by Misses Eulie Eator
and Emma Cutler and Henry Farwell ant
Richard Hyde, The prize articles awarded
to those persons receiving the Creates
number of votes were source of consider
able revenue and We're secured as follows
Traverse, Clarence Lease and Fred Morse
doll, Lucy Gould; telephone free service
through the Montpelier Exchange for on,
year, Mrs. II. G. Fullerton painting
George W. McAllister. The gross receipts
of the fair were about $3.50 and the net pro
ceeds will considerably exceed $500
OF the joint meeting of the Vermont
Board of Agriculture and the State Grange
held here last week, an extended report vii
be found elsewhere. The meetings of tn,
grange were secret, as usual, and little o
Importance has been learned concernn.
session was mainly devoted to an addres.
by the master, Alpha Messer of Rochester
and to the reports of various officers
Thursdays sessions opened with a roll-cal
of oranges for the introduction of business
Reports of committees were heard anC
acted upon, new constitution was adopted
and communications We're received from tn,
Maine State Grange and the executive com
mittee of the New Hampshire Grange, the
latter suggesting the establishment of
New England fair and the appointment o
two delegates from each state to arrange
the matter. The following resolution wa,
adopted without dissenting voice
Whereas, 1t has been recommended by
the president in his late message and an ef
fort is being made in congress to remove all
duty from wool and all raw material, thu,
forcing us to compete with cheap labor
therefore, ReSOlred, That the executive com
mittee of the Vermont State Grange be in
structed to request the members of con
gress from this state to oppose the passage
OF any bill that has for its object the re
moval of such duties and endeavor to Sc
cure such legislation as will protect the va
rious interests of the farmers of Vermont
especially upon bark, lumber, wool anC
poultry" There were present eleven of
iicers of the State Grange, six delegates
from Pomona Grange and fifty-seven dele
gates from thirty-eight subordinate oranges
In the state "a gain of two hundred in mem
bership was reported for the last year an6
the treasury is in gratifying condition.
CHRISTMAS will have general observance
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